Pantheon

by Eric Syrdal, Christine E. Ray (Editor), Kindra M. Austin (Editor)

Overview

Eric Syrdal’s Pantheon is the novel told in free-verse that you never knew you needed to read. Epic in scope but always deeply rooted in its humanity, it defies genres and expectations.

“Pantheon is a thrilling philosophical journey exploring the depth and meaning for one passing through a metaphorical world of inner demons and dragons, goddesses of the soul, of warrior and poet. A journey that crosses boundaries of time, space, and perception. I am captured by the intimate revelations of this intuitive and sympathetic protagonist battling the dark ages of his subconscious moving instinctively forward into innerscape, relying upon and exalting the virtue goddesses that guide and deliver him from barbarity and trial by ordeal both physical and spiritually as he transports from one state of being to another, from one point of time to another."

-Holly Rene Hunter

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781732800083
Publisher:	Indie Blue Publishing LLC
Publication date:	04/23/2020
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

BACK TO THE BEGINNING… _________________________ 3

PANTHEON: QUEEN OF HEARTS _____________________ 6

PANTHEON: GRACE ________________________________ 15

PANTHEON: KARMA _______________________________ 16

PANTHEON: COURAGE _____________________________ 19

PANTHEON: FATE __________________________________ 25

PANTHEON: MERCY _______________________________ 29

PANTHEON: HOPE CULMINATION ___________________ 32

WARSONG ________________________________________ 37

Systolic ____________________________________________ 39

Deconstruction of Fear ________________________________ 45

Diastolic ___________________________________________ 52

BACK TO THE BEGINNING: PART THE SECOND _______ 73

THE DRAGON _____________________________________ 75

AND ______________________________________________ 75

THE DAMSEL ______________________________________ 75

THE DRAGON AND THE DAMSEL ____________________ 77

I. Sonata ___________________________________________ 77

II. Largo ___________________________________________ 81

III. Intermezzo ______________________________________ 87

IV. Rondo __________________________________________ 93

AMOR VINCIT OMNIA _____________________________ 113

I. ________________________________________________ 115

II. _______________________________________________ 120

III. _______________________________________________ 128

IV. _______________________________________________ 134

V. _______________________________________________ 140

VI. _______________________________________________ 150

TIME AND AGAIN _________________________________ 159

TIME AND AGAIN _________________________________ 161

Mnemonic Data Tag: 04131941 ________________________ 161

Mnemonic Data Tag: 04101912 ________________________ 175

Mnemonic Data Tag: 10251415 ________________________ 184

Mnemonic Data Tag: 09112001 ________________________ 196

Mnemonic Data Tag – unknown system error ______________ 212

LIGHT SPEED ______________________________________ 225

LIGHTSPEED: RED SHIFT ___________________________ 227

LIGHTSPEED: BLUE SHIFT __________________________ 245

DAUGHTER OF THE PHOENIX _______________________ 293

I. Spark ____________________________________________ 295

II. Ignition __________________________________________ 301

III. Immolate ________________________________________ 311

IV. Ashes __________________________________________ 318

V. Reborn __________________________________________ 328

BACK TO THE BEGINNING: PART THE THIRD ________ 345

ABOUT THE AUTHOR ______________________________ 349

Editorial Reviews

Syrdal, a self-proclaimed romantic and sci-fi and fantasy enthusiast, does not disappoint: He deftly weaves a tale of adventure, his protagonists crossing paths with virtuous Goddesses, who coax them toward their destinies.

As I read the first section, I worried that Pantheon was a little too heavy on the usual themes of fantasy and fairy tale: Warhorses champing at the bit, armored fighters, swords at the ready, the proverbial dragon looming over the embattled heroic Poet. Despite this, I continued on and was glad I did, for Syrdal quickly demonstrates that his story stands apart from, and above, the typical. With Courage and the Queen of Hearts at his side, and Hope, Grace, Mercy, Karma and Fate in the shadows, the Poet must make a pivotal decision. His choice at that critical moment is masterfully mirrored in the subsequent sections of the book, and I marveled time and again at the way Syrdal coherently connected his multiple story lines, the seams necessarily apparent but still flawless.

Pantheon finishes as epically as it began. All along, the Queen of Hearts and her sisters have artfully molded their heroes’ journeys, bringing them back to central truths about life and love. Should you read this book (and you should!), I trust that the imagery of that final section will be long lasting in your mind, along with a sense of awe at Syrdal’s beautifully written verse and sense of literary craftsmanship.

—Mariah Voutilainen, Indie Blu(e)

There is nothing unoriginal about this novel, it's just a gripping, incredible tour de force and explosive, emotive, classic that I believe will continue to take the indie market by storm. To try to describe it would take far too long, think Neil Gaiman on ecstasy and set on fire by starlight and you may be close.

If it is your desire to read something astoundingly original, from a writer who is not only a truly breathtaking author, deft with supernatural words and ideas, but a dreamer of worlds, who will blow any preconceived notions you have away and leave you shell shocked by the sheer power of his mind, then I cannot recommend Eric Syrdal and his novel Pantheon more highly. “I built this beach / and the stars / and the moon …. I turn back the wheels of heaven / and make time stop and rewind / over and over ….. Because I don’t know how to tell him / A machine had a wish.”

—Candice Louisa Daquin, author of Pinch the Lock

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